The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Well the dash has been fitted and removed and refitted several times, with the addition of a 11mm t=ratchet spanner which I managed to get stuck behind the dash whilst bolting the column bracket together, with the spanner being non reversible it took ages to get it off without destroying the dash ...

Life is not about numbers and physics in the way you are trying to make out. Quoting O level maths/physics is meaningless here. Most of us don't need the equations, we just "know" stuff .


For those who « don’t need equations and just “know” stuff » , how would you set about determining the ...

What way should the side lights be ?

Dave


The sidelight should be outboard and the indicator should be inboard.

The reason being that a Construction and Use regulation forbids the sidelight/obligatory front lamp being more than a prescribed distance from the outermost edge of the car ...

Probably not much use to you, but it may stir ideas, and its huge amount of work, with my Toledo, and the seating position I have to adopt, of all the 4 auxiliary gauges fitted, there is only one I don't have to wriggle around to see clearly, so, I started playing BIGTIME with the opportune ...

On which off-road race track was that, given that 70 mph is the ABSOLUTE maximum speed limit in Great Britain on the public highways - motorways & dual-carriageways, whilst 110 km/h or 130 km/h (circa 82 mph) are the ABSOLUTE maximum speed limits in many European countries!?!

An engine with ...

......If you've rolled and pulled the rear arches, you can run a smaller offset. But as I said above, the JBW fake minilites only go down to ET14 which MIGHT just clear your modified arches

If you'd like to try them for size, the 5.5x14 ET14 fake Minilites I have are all shod, currently with ...

Just thought I would post this up, still nowhere near finished yet, but its getting there.......

https://i.postimg.cc/0bn9CRsj/IMG-4757.jpg



I thought 100 mph was over-optimistic for a factory-standard Triumph Toledo 1300 speedometer, but 170 mph as indicated by your after-market ...

Has any one fitted 4 small gauges in a Sprint dash ? is there enough room ? or would a Stag dash fit ?

Dave



You might wish to peruse the following topic thread for alternative options:

“Factory-Standard, Alternative & Supplementary Instruments”

https://forum.triumphdolomite.co.uk ...

Just thought I would post this up, still nowhere near finished yet, but its getting there.......

https://i.postimg.cc/0bn9CRsj/IMG-4757.jpg



I thought 100 mph was over-optimistic for a factory-standard Triumph Toledo 1300 speedometer, but 170 mph as indicated by your after-market accessory ...

Sprint alloys are 5.5J
Std size tyres are 175/70 13’s

185/60 13 fit also without out rubbing.



I used Dolomite Sprint wheels shod with 185/70 R13 Firestone S211 M+S tyres on my 1974 Triumph Toledo 1300 without any problems. They probably give a more comfortable ride than 175/70 R13 tyres and ...

Sweet baby cheeses, who invited Tolstoy?

^^^^^ This.

Then some more of this ^^^^^

1) get it on the road asap
2) drive it. Not a one off down to Cornwall & back, drive it every day until everything fragile has broken. Twice. And you can change it in 10 minutes.
3) Electronic ignition. No need ...

Sprint alloys are 5.5J
Std size tyres are 175/70 13’s

185/60 13 fit also without out rubbing.



I used Dolomite Sprint wheels shod with 185/70 R13 Firestone S211 M+S tyres on my 1974 Triumph Toledo 1300 without any problems. They probably give a more comfortable ride than 175/70 R13 tyres and ...

Steering Wheels

I vaguely recall seeing it written somewhere, that the very-early Dolomite 1850 models were fitted with a steering wheel of 16 inches diameter, which might or might not be true!


I was reasonably sure I had found this information, in what should be a reliable source, which ...

Steering Wheel

The spokes of your Dolomite three-spoke steering wheel appear to be highly polished; being far more lustrous than mine, whose satin-chrome finish caused more than enough problems with extremely uncomfortable reflected glare from the sun on many occasions. I much prefer the padded ...

Thanks chaps, I'm still in the process of working through them. It's taking longer than expected, mainly due to having to teach myself AutoCad!


Back in 1994, when I was still officially registered as unemployed, I took a Konver Scheme funded, City & Guilds course in AutoCAD 12, at Chelmsford ...